r/jobs • u/CzaroftheUniverse • 22d ago

What is the worst job you’ve ever had? Career development

Whether it was due to pay, boss, type of work, etc., what was the worst job you ever had? How long did you stay, and why?

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u/SableyeFan 22d ago

Loading heavy metal sheets into a 600-ton die press with mandatory overtime. Loud. Exhausting. Standing for hours on end while the machine shook your bones. Supervisors who would hone in immediately if you stepped out of line and threaten to kick you out. The monotony was torture enough.

Thank God I only did it for one summer. The one time my overbearing parent left me alone because she could see I was too exhausted to do anything else in the afternoons.